Everywhere, there are signs of their raking, patches of leaves and plant-litter overturned.
Watch for patches of leaves, the rustling is loud and creates quite the ruckus.
When I saw the leaves bustle, I saw a small patch of red leaves among the sea of green.
You can identify whether an elm is diseased by looking for wilting of young shoots or leaves, large patches of dead leaves, or yellowing of the leaves when they are young and not about to change colour due to the season.
He yelled out, and the men disappeared into a patch of cattails, leaving behind a half-loaded trailer.
The route begins opposite the Bois des Anglais, a patch of woodland left over from the island's short stint as a British colony over 200 years ago.
Which is more important: the rescue of a teenage boy kidnapped from his limousine on the way to a Manhattan private school or the survival of a close-knit Kansas town that just might be the last patch of civilization left after a nuclear conflagration?
There also was hardly a patch of grass left on Henman Hill, more recently called Murray Mount, with its big television outside Court 1. "I love it when it's like that," said Murray, who is trying to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936.
To gauge the effect of the plan, Mr. Singer said, imagine avenues lined with blocklong patches of rustling leaves and singing birds.
He was sitting in a small patch of grass and leaves, looking increasingly impatient.
